Hearings Open on Prison Strike Inmates in Nevada
Carson City UPI Carl Hocker began hearings for 33 inmates isolated as instigators of the six day Nevada Maximum Security strike. Officials review recommendations with options including absolution or guilty findings and punishments from loss of privileges to denied parole. Inmates nominate a new committee to replace the one Hocker disbanded after the strike ended. The disturbance began October 18 with rampages and equipment destruction. cleanup is nearly complete.
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Carson City
UPI
Carl Hocker
Nevada
Hocker
Nevada judge questions attorney general’s role in contempt case
A Nevada attorney general says he is not required to represent Dist Judge George Wright in a contempt action against Elko Free Press editor Mel Steninger. Wright accused the editor of publishing trial-dispatches and a pretrial photo, violating his courtroom guidelines for the Leon Anderson murder case. Dickerson’s office refused representation, citing no authority to compel AG support in contempt hearings.
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Carson City
UPI
Attorney General's Office
Dist
George Wright
Elko
Harvey Dickerson
Wright
Mel Steninger
The
Elko Free Press
Leon Anderson
Anderson
Steninger
Dickerson
Nevada Traffic Toll Reaches 184 for Year
Nevada's highway toll for the year stood at 184 yesterday, two more than a year ago, after weekend accidents claimed four lives. Barbara Morris, 18, of Hayward Calif died when her car overturned on U S 50 east of Austin, and Paul Linden, 33, of Winnemucca died from injuries after a Friday crash on State Route 8B north of Winnemucca.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada
Barbara Morris
Hayward
Calif
Austin
U.S. 50
Paul Linden
Winnemucca
Tahoe officials face push to halt Lake Tahoe permits
Washoe County commissioners were urged to reverse a 3-2 Oct 15 vote denying a blanket halt on special use permits in the Tahoe Basin. The League of Women Voters plans an ordinance via initiative if refused. Incline Village residents accuse Boise Cascade of code violations while the company and county deny wrongdoing.
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Earl Nicholson
League of Women Voters of
Reno
Sparks
Carson City
Tahoe Basin
Washoe County
Committee For
Lake Tahoe
North Shore
Boise Cascade Co
Incline Village
George Zappettini
Youth Must Stand Trial On Rape Charge
A 20 year old Las Vegas man James Earl Givens will stand trial in District Court after being charged with luring two teen girls into his car and raping one on a desert road October 10. Givens lived at 501 Fredericks St and was arrested October 12 at a Strip hotel where he worked. The report notes other cases in the same hearing with William Karvasales and Charles McKenna.
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Las Vegas
Desert
Justice of the Peace
Joe Pawlikowski
James Earl Givens
Fredericks St
Mt. Charleston
Givens
William Karvasales
Charles McKenna
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UU Hotel and Casino
Tahoe
Dinind
Host Phil Boddy
SUN
Karvasales
Ent
McKenna
Baltimore St
Ralph Denton
McKenna’s At
Torney
Warner Ray Collins
Hyde Park Liquors
Charleston Blvd
Collins
Enrico Vales
Holmes St
Lnwide
Laster
Frea
Remont
Io St Ng Music
Sahara Ave
Musette
Sears
SAVE
King
Bars Rorbuck & CO
Lol Lelari
Maryland Parkway
Desert Inn Road
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